Labor Relations in the Public Sector

by Kearney, Richard C.

• ISBN13: 9780824787431
• ISBN10: 0824787439
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-12-01
• Publisher: Marcel Dekker Inc

Summary

Summarizing the critical changes affecting labor relations in the global marketplace, this comprehensive text outlines problems and provides strategies for success in the dynamically evolving work environment. Blending description, analysis, and empirical research into a thorough overview of the field, the authors discuss court decisions and collective bargaining and labor relations at all levels of government. In addition to a compendium of research resources, this classroom-friendly edition includes more new case studies illustrating key examples. The third edition retains the successful features of previous editions and combines expertise from both academic and professional perspectives.

Author Biography

Richard C. Kearney is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. David G. Carnevale is the Samuel Roberts Noble Presidential Professor, Department of Human Relations and Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iii
History and Background	p. 1
The Unions Today	p. 23
The Legal Environment of Public Sector Labor Relations	p. 45
Fundamentals of the Bargaining Process	p. 81
The Process and Politics of Public Sector Collective Bargaining	p. 113
Financial Impacts of Unions and Collective Bargaining	p. 139
Union Impacts: Personnel Processes and Policies	p. 177
Strike!	p. 221
Resolving Impasses: Alternatives to the Strike	p. 259
Living with the Contract	p. 293
Public Employee Unions in the Future	p. 325
References	p. 347
Index	p. 379
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